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The Current Coinage of the World: Keran

Toman 8s. 4d. Keran 5 Keran piece.......4s. 2d. Half-keran.. ..

I Keran piece ...... Is. 8d. Quarter-keran ....

Value.

Iod. 5d. = = Copper.

Shahi..

Pool 21/2d. Half-pool 16s. d. 93/4d.

Value. 2d. d.

Tad.

Peru.- Gold.

Value. 20 Sols IO do. 5 do.

I do. £3 Ο Ο ... ..

I IO o Ο 15 Ο Ο 3 Ο Gold.

Sol 50 Centisimos 20 do.

Dinero Half-dinero Value. 3s.

Is. 6d. .. 8d. .. ..

Portugal.- Gold.

Value.

Silver.

Value.

Copper.

Corôa ..£24 5/2 Cincotostões...... 25. 23/4d. Ventem Meia Corôa I 2 23/4 Doistostões ....... • Quintus de Tostaō ..

Corôa.......

Ο 8 10 Meio Tostaō...... 103/4d. Dez reis 52d. 23/4d.

Decimos de Corôa....... Ο 4 573 Peça Antiga... 1 15 Ο Meia Peça Antiga ...... 0 17 9% Notes of the Bank of Portugal are in circulation.

Russia.- Gold, Imperial ...

Value. Silver. £ I I2 6 6 Ruble.

Half-imperial..... 3 Ruble piece....

IO Marks do. 0 16 3 Poltminck. 9.9 Tchetwertak..

Ο 7 11 2 Marks 0 15 10 I do.

Value. 3s. 3d.

Copper. 5 Copecks IS. 7/2d. 3 81/4d. 2 Is. 7d. do. do. do. 92d. 12 do. .. .. 4d. 2d.

Value.

I 2d. 2d. .

Value. 13/4d. ..1/2d. 2d. ../4d.

Paper has long been the chief medium of payment. There are notes of 1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 1000, and 2000 roubles, whose value varies according to the rate of exchange, it being now about 2s.

Sandwich Islands. - British £, s. d. are the official monies of the kingdom, but the United States system is actually used.

Siam.- Siamese Value. 200 to 450 Cowries or Bier Systematic Name.

English Value. = 1 P'hai-nung = 4 P'hai-nungs I Fuang 2 Fuangs I Salung or Miam = 4 Salungs or Miam I Tical or Bat = 15 d. 33/4d. 72d. 2s. 6d. 4 Ticals = I Famlung = IOS. 20 Tamlungs I Catty or Chang = 100 Changs or Catties I Pecul £10 £1000 The coinage is silver, with exception of half and quarter P'hai-nungs, which are of pewter.

Sierra Leone. - Same as Great Britain.

Spain.- Gold.

Value.

Silver.

Value.